Roger Hervé Aguilar Salazar (September 12, 1938 – September 5, 2018) was a Mexican teacher, politician and 2018 Deputy-elect to the national Chamber of Deputies from the Third Federal Electoral District of Yucatán, based in Mérida. A member of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) party of President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Aguilar was elected to the Chamber of Deputies from Yucatán in the 2018 general election on July 1, 2018. [1] However, just months later, Aguilar died from cerebral hemorrhage on September 5, 2018, before taking office. [1] [2] Aguilar was the first left-wing politician to gain a seat in Chamber of Deputies through a majority vote in Yucatán state history. [2]
Salazar was born in Mérida on September 12, 1938. [1] He attend the Escuela Normal de San Diego, a rural school in Tekax, Yucatán, and the Escuela Superior de la Metrópoli, where he studied mathematics. [1] He worked as a teacher and taught math at the Yaxkabá primary school in Xocchel Municipality. [1]
In 1969, he led protests against the government of Mexican President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz. [1]
In 2018, Aguilar announced his candidacy for Chamber of Deputies for the Third Federal Electoral District of Yucatán as a member of the MORENA party of presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador. [1] The general election was held on July 1, 2018. Aguilar's opponent, Cecilia Patrón Laviada of the National Action Party (PAN) was initially declared the winner of the seat. [1] However, Aguilar appealed the results to the Federal Electoral Tribunal. [1] A federal judge agreed to Aguilar's appeal and ordered a recount. [1] After the recount, a judge ruled in favor of Aguilar and ruled him to be the winner of the seat. [1]
Aguilar, however, would never be sworn in due to his deteriorating health. He died from a cerebral hemorrhage, a complication of multi-year illness with leukemia, at the Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de la Península de Yucatán in Mérida, Yucatán, at the age of 79. [1] He was survived by his wife, Mirna Buenfil Valencia, and two children, Tania Violeta Nadia Alina and Fidel Efraín. [2] Limbert Iván de Jesús Interian Gallegos, his elected alternate, took his seat in the Chamber of Deputies and was sworn in on September 13. [3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Muere Roger Aguilar Salazar, diputado electo de Morena". El Sol De Mexico. 2008-09-05. Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
- ^ a b c "Fallece Roger Aguilar Salazar, diputado electo de Morena". Diario de Yucatán. 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
- ^ "Róger Aguilar Salazar, Diputado electo por Morena, fallece por complicaciones de salud". SinEmbargo (via Vanguardia). 5 September 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- 1938 births
- 2018 deaths
- Politicians from Yucatán (state)
- Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Yucatán
- People from Mérida, Yucatán
- Morena (political party) politicians
- Elected officials who died without taking their seats
- Mexican schoolteachers
- 21st-century Mexican educators
- 20th-century Mexican educators
- Deputies of the LXIV Legislature of Mexico
Roger Hervé Aguilar Salazar (September 12, 1938 – September 5, 2018) was a Mexican teacher, politician and 2018 Deputy-elect to the national Chamber of Deputies from the Third Federal Electoral District of Yucatán, based in Mérida. A member of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) party of President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Aguilar was elected to the Chamber of Deputies from Yucatán in the 2018 general election on July 1, 2018. [1] However, just months later, Aguilar died from cerebral hemorrhage on September 5, 2018, before taking office. [1] [2] Aguilar was the first left-wing politician to gain a seat in Chamber of Deputies through a majority vote in Yucatán state history. [2]
Salazar was born in Mérida on September 12, 1938. [1] He attend the Escuela Normal de San Diego, a rural school in Tekax, Yucatán, and the Escuela Superior de la Metrópoli, where he studied mathematics. [1] He worked as a teacher and taught math at the Yaxkabá primary school in Xocchel Municipality. [1]
In 1969, he led protests against the government of Mexican President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz. [1]
In 2018, Aguilar announced his candidacy for Chamber of Deputies for the Third Federal Electoral District of Yucatán as a member of the MORENA party of presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador. [1] The general election was held on July 1, 2018. Aguilar's opponent, Cecilia Patrón Laviada of the National Action Party (PAN) was initially declared the winner of the seat. [1] However, Aguilar appealed the results to the Federal Electoral Tribunal. [1] A federal judge agreed to Aguilar's appeal and ordered a recount. [1] After the recount, a judge ruled in favor of Aguilar and ruled him to be the winner of the seat. [1]
Aguilar, however, would never be sworn in due to his deteriorating health. He died from a cerebral hemorrhage, a complication of multi-year illness with leukemia, at the Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de la Península de Yucatán in Mérida, Yucatán, at the age of 79. [1] He was survived by his wife, Mirna Buenfil Valencia, and two children, Tania Violeta Nadia Alina and Fidel Efraín. [2] Limbert Iván de Jesús Interian Gallegos, his elected alternate, took his seat in the Chamber of Deputies and was sworn in on September 13. [3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Muere Roger Aguilar Salazar, diputado electo de Morena". El Sol De Mexico. 2008-09-05. Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
- ^ a b c "Fallece Roger Aguilar Salazar, diputado electo de Morena". Diario de Yucatán. 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
- ^ "Róger Aguilar Salazar, Diputado electo por Morena, fallece por complicaciones de salud". SinEmbargo (via Vanguardia). 5 September 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- 1938 births
- 2018 deaths
- Politicians from Yucatán (state)
- Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Yucatán
- People from Mérida, Yucatán
- Morena (political party) politicians
- Elected officials who died without taking their seats
- Mexican schoolteachers
- 21st-century Mexican educators
- 20th-century Mexican educators
- Deputies of the LXIV Legislature of Mexico